Carpet-rag looper.



' PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904,

0:. F. CLOSE. OAZRPETBAG LOOPER. APPLI OATION FILED JULY 23, 1903.

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Patented" October 25, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. CLOSE, OF

WATKINS, NEW YORK.

CARPET-RAG LooPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,001, dated October25, 1904.

' Application filed July 23, 1903. Serial No. 166,762. (No model.)

To all w/tom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHARLES F. CLosE, a citi-' zen of the United States,residing at Watkins, in the county of Schuyler and State of New York,have invented anew and useful Carpet-I- Rag Looper, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to carp'etrag loopers; and one of the principalobjects of the device is to provide means for confining the devicewithin asmall space when not in use and which will, be so constructedthat the looper-blade maybe folded down upon the base, so as not to beliable to be accidentally inserted into the finger or injure adjacentpersons.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for holding theblade in its proper Further objects and advantages, as well as the noveldetails of construction, will be specific ally referred to hereinafter,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of one form of the invention ready for use. Fig. 2 is aver- Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a modified form of the invention,and Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of-the same.

- The reference-numeral 1,.Fig. 1, designates a base which isillustrated as being in the form of a plate 2, having a terminaldepending spur 3, which may be driven into the table or support, wherebythe base-plate will be secured rigid with relation thereto. At the endremote from the'spur are parallel arms 4 and 5,having curved terminalswhich form bearings 6 and 7 for the oppositely-disposed lugs orprojections 8, carried by the looper-blade The blade is illustrated ascomprising a suitable strip 9, having a terminal point of introduction10 in the form of a cam provided by bending one end, 11, of the blade atan angle to the blade and then bending it back upon itself to constituteatom which will have a bearing against the yielding finger 12, formedwith the base-plate. Thus the looper-blade will be firmly held in eitherof its extremes of adjustment to which it may be placed. I

In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 3 and 1 the platel is providedwith side'longitudinalfianges which are curved to form barrels 14 and 15for the reception of the terminals of the arms 4: and 5, which areconnected together terminally by a cross-bar 16, around which the end 17of the looper-blade 9 is secured, being constructed similar to the blade9 and operates in substantially the same manner. 7 I

It will be understood that the looper-plate is to be .used insubstantially the same manner'that all jloopers now generally employedare used and it is not deemed necessary at this time to give a detailsame.

I claim p v 1. In a carpet-rag looper, a plate having a terminal spur,curved terminals having bearings, a spring-tongue. between theterminals, and a looper-blade bent back upon itself to condescription'of the tact with the tongue and said blade being piv-- oted in thebearings in the curved terminals.

2. In a carpet-rag looper, abase having a terminal spur, and alooper-blade carried by the base and having an offset terminal bentbackupon itself and bearing upon the base.

3. In a carpet-rag looper, a plate provided with parallel longitudinalslits at one end to provide a spring-tongue, bearings carried by theplate, a blade journaled in the bearings and having a terminal camcomprising an extension at right angles'to the blade and bent back uponitself to lie flush with and bear against the tongue when in a verticalposition so as to maintain a rigid contact therewith.

4:. In a carpet-rag looper, a base, and a looper-blade carried by thebase and having an offset terminal bent back upon itself and bearinguponthebase.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 'my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses. 4

C. M. WOODWARD, R. L. Cross.

